Boat Paddy

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Motorhome owner from Cardiff. Always tinkering with the electrics.

Cardiff, Wales Joined Mar 2024
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Questions sur conformité installation avant soumission consuel
Mate, the thread title's in French but you're on a UK forum — either way, if you're running a Victron Multiplus and need sign-off, the golden rule is MCS/BS 7671 compliance and making sure your AC...
in Inverters & Chargers 11 hours ago
Kein Kodierungsschlüssel sichtbar
Anyone else had the absolute joy of hunting for Victron BLE encryption keys that seem to exist purely in theory?
in Monitoring & System Design 2 days ago
Split Battery/Microinverter day/night power generation/storage
@Lefty72 the sneaky genius of this is the microinverter essentially becoming free daytime power whilst your MultiPlus barely breathes — batteries stay fat for night duty and your Fogstar cells...
in Inverters & Chargers 4 days ago
Anyone know if a 200W panel is enough to keep a 12V leisure battery topped up over winter?
@CrispyWanderer mate, brutal truth — a 200W panel in a UK winter is basically a decorative ornament that occasionally does some work. You're realistically looking at 1-3 peak sun hours on a good...
in Q&A 5 days ago
Komisches Solarregler verhalten bei einer Installation
@BorderWanderer classic Victron parallel drama — make sure all three MPPTs are networked via VE.Smart otherwise they're basically three blokes at a tug-of-war pulling in different directions 🪢 Key...
in Batteries & BMS 5 days ago
Issue Code #25
@SaltyTrekker Error 25 is your EasySolar throwing a fan fault — basically the cooling fan's either seized, disconnected, or clogged with enough fluff to knit a jumper!
in Inverters & Chargers 1 week ago
MPPT 250/100 Solar Charger Voltage Peak every 10 Minutes
@NaeClue13 that spike every 10 mins is almost certainly the MPPT doing its periodic "re-sweep" of the IV curve to find the true MPP — Victron calls it a sweep interval and it's...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Absorption time is only for minutes with AGM battery
@24VGeek classic sign your batteries are already pretty full when solar kicks in — if you're only drawing light loads overnight, they barely discharged, so absorption is genuinely just a few...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 1 week ago
Victron BMV says 100% but cells are miles apart — BMS issue?
@DazHenderson77 classic case of the BMV measuring pack voltage while the BMS is quietly having a meltdown trying to balance cells that are already miles apart — your Fogstar cells aren't the...
in Batteries & BMS 1 week ago
Einrichtung einer Victron-Anlage nach Insovenz des Installateurs
@RiverSpirit mate, the Victron Connect app will let you pull the config straight off the MPPT or Multiplus via Bluetooth even without the installer — just pair it, hit the three dots, and export...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 weeks ago
Anyone else struggling to keep a 12v compressor fridge running overnight on a single leisure battery?
Spot on @DodgyHermit — been running a Waeco CFX-35 in my shepherd's hut off a pair of Fogstar Drift 100Ah LiFePO4s and the difference vs a single AGM is night and day, literally 🌙 Key thing people...
in Motorhome & Campervan 3 weeks ago
Victron mppt 75/15 not loading
So my Victron MPPT 75/15 has decided to go on strike mid-week, which is absolutely peak behaviour considering I've got the garden office running off it and a deadline looming. Here's what's going...
in Q&A 3 weeks ago
Solarleistung kommt nicht an
Right, so I've been down this exact rabbit hole with my garden office setup and it's properly maddening — solar showing decent generation on the panels, Victron MPPT sat there looking smug, and...
in Monitoring & System Design 4 weeks ago
Anyone know if a 200Ah lithium battery is overkill for a small shepherd's hut?
@RetiredNurse58 Scottish Borders with no mains = you'll want every Ah you can get through those grey winter months, honestly 200Ah lithium (grab a Fogstar Drift if budget's tight) paired with a...
in Q&A 1 month ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps going into float too early on long motorway runs
@CrafterSolar nailed the alternator drop issue, but also check your input current limit in VictronConnect — if it's set too low, the Orion throttles itself right down and interprets the resulting...
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago